Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21578-test-suite-pure-disk-boot 2 16 Jun 2026, 02:49

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 22:40.147 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.341
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.266
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.923
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.248
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.318
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.252
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.339
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:48.251
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.102
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.458
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.031
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.001
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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30.790
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.960
And the system is very low on memory 4.550
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.276
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.777
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.480
And I free up some memory 0.970
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.624
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:49.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.846
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.433
And all tps features are active 5.566
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.481
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.940
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.020
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.066
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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13.844
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.263
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.130
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.370
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.750
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 2.516
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.822
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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48.225
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.568
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.440
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.022
When I write some files expected to persist 1.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.927
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.065
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.796
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.729
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.836
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.894
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.088
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.342
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
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40.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.732
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.854
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.140
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.266
When I enable persistence 17.669
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.874
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.759
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.552
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.321
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
When I cold reboot the computer 10.683
And the computer reboots Tails 37.791
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.233
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.169
Given I enable persistence 11.347
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.250
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.329
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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2:20.773
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.962
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 30.820
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.014
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.175
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
38.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.038
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.561
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.732
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.907
And all notifications have disappeared 8.096
When I delete the persistent partition 2.671
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.114
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.759
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.648
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
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52.373
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.462
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.978
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.604
And all notifications have disappeared 8.066
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.384
And all tps features are enabled 5.069
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:16.983
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 34.042
And I enable persistence 25.166
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.702
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.531
And persistence is enabled 5.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.183
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.768
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.831
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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34.676
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.798
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.046
When I enable persistence 10.241
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.819
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.240
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.232
When I try to enable persistence 1.370
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.170
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.377
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.158
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.236
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.898
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.440
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.030
And all notifications have disappeared 8.878
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.192
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.544
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.272
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.484
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.060
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.075
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.744
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.767
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.363
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.522
When I log in to a new session 11.051
And all notifications have disappeared 9.339
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.129
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000